第一单元The Dinner PartyMona GardnerI first heard this tale in India, where it is told as if true though any naturalist would know it couldnt be. Later someone told me that the story appeared in a magazine shortly before the First World War. That magazine story, and the person who wrote it, I have never been able to track down.The country is India. A colonial official and his wife are giving a large dinner party. They are seated with their guests officers and their wives, and a visiting
